Live A Meaningful Life: Untie Knots, Sew Dreams And Weave Stories

To live you have to sew dreams and untie the knots of the past and the present. Also go further in greater freedom. Living a meaningful life, in turn, means being the wise weavers of stories. We are craftsmen of good relationships and trackers of better spaces and environments where we can continue to grow in happiness, free from dark clouds and cold winds.

Take this set of ideas. They are undoubtedly a good way to deal with those surprises that come your way in the complex “here and now”. We give you a sentence that illustrates exactly this. “Life isn’t about how fast you run or how high you climb, but how well you bounce back.”

That means that having a satisfying reality and a meaningful life is a subtle process. It is a life in which we know how to react in moments of adversity. We must understand that happiness is not a straight path. Rather, it is an exercise in creativity, reaction, action and survival.

A meaningful life is more than just existence. We know this but sometimes we forget. We often overlook the fact that raising ourselves as real protagonists involves several things. The first is responsibility for ourselves. The second is passion, enthusiasm, and a genuine desire to be and pursue better things. The third is being able to give meaning to our lives. Those three things are fundamental to having a meaningful life.

The term “meaning” is important. We have to remember it. With the flow of positive psychology, the word “meaning” has actually become more relevant than “happiness”. The reason? Happiness is often an entity that is limited in time. But being able to give meaning to our reality will give us something lasting, a reason to be and to exist.

Can we live life our own way?

We’ve all thought about this at least once. We’ve all said that nothing can be more satisfying than living a life exactly the way we want it, at a pace where everything sounds better. In that key, everything looks like a painting by Monet.

But we learn sooner or later that this is not always possible. Free will is little more than an illusion. This is true for two reasons. Because our social context and our genetic condition limit us.

Several representatives of positive psychology have published an interesting book:  Designing Positive Psychology.  In this book, we learn that our own culture even tells us how to be happy. Our society even tells us what vital goals to pursue and what to change about ourselves to be happy. Sometimes we feel that we are completely free to design our lives. Yet this is only an illusion. We are not always completely free.

The advertising world is a perfect example of this.  This world convinces us that we need to get the latest new phone to feel satisfied. They also tell us that there is only one way to be beautiful. We must pursue all of them so that others will find us attractive. This is a crystal clear example that our psychosocial context influences us in a decisive way.

On the other hand, there is another aspect that our culture has instilled in us. That is the idea that happiness equates happiness with emotional comfort. Dimensions such as sadness, anger, frustration, failure or disappointment must be camouflaged or avoided, just as we hide physical pain with a band-aid. Knowing the cause doesn’t matter. It’s just better that you limit yourself and keep them silent. Turn away as if they don’t exist.

And yet these feelings exist. There is a reason negative emotions are part of human beings. The limbic system processes these feelings to help us survive, to live better…

The art of building a meaningful life

We already know that we are not really free to live our lives solely in our own way. There are restrictions, obligations and standards that we must respect. But beyond these inescapable principles that define our existence as social beings, we must open our eyes. We must leave behind the knots that hold us back. They hinder movement and personal freedom.

Many of these knots have been created from our culture, our families, our social relationships… even from the preponderance of a clearly patriarchal society. So we have to feel them and leave those pesky bonds that hinder our personal growth.

Finding meaning helps us to have a fuller existence. It is also essential that we understand one thing. We know that this approach encourages us to be more present and appreciate the here and now. But we need to go one step further and ask ourselves the following question. What do I want for tomorrow? How do I want to see myself in the near future?

The answers to these questions will give you meaning for your present. They will clear your path and give you hope and motivation. Only then will you be a better weaver of your stories and a better builder of your dreams. They will also meet the objectives that you consider vital.